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[Dovecot] Dovecot LDA and Postfix/local for local users.
by iti＠promax.media.pl 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Hello, I would like to configure dovecot lda for local users. My dovecot vesion is 1.2.15. Dovecot documentation for System users says that only thing I should add to main.cf is: mailbox_command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver (path to deliver) After that should I commented postfix/local process from master cf ? regards, Jarek

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[Dovecot] Fatal: postmaster_address setting not given
by Richard Edmonds 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Hi, I'm getting: "Fatal: postmaster_address setting not given" errors in my log file dovecot ver: 1.2.12 Recently I tried to follow: http://postfixmail.com/blog/index.php/postfixadmin-on-ubuntu-9-10/ on ubuntu 10.10 (which works fine on ubunto 9.10) I note that in 10.10 their is no dovecot-postfix.conf so I made the appropriate changes to dovecot.conf instead and changed master.cf dovecot transport line since I saw someone recently had the same problem: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:mail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} I still have that problem however. Authentication seems ok but delivery fails. Any possibility of help on this one? vecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:mail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} I still have that problem however. Authentication seems ok but delivery fails. Any possibility of help on this one? </body> </html>

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[Dovecot] ID command bug & patch
by Mike Abbott 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

When I set imap_id_log=* in dovecot-2.0.11 and a client sends, say, tag id ("a" "b" "c" "d") then dovecot logs: ID sent: a=b, b=c, c=d The following patch makes it log instead: ID sent: a=b, c=d --- a/dovecot/src/lib-imap/imap-id.c (revision 113366) +++ b/dovecot/src/lib-imap/imap-id.c (working copy) @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ str_append_c(reply, '='); str_append(reply, str_sanitize(value, 80)); } + args++; } return str_len(reply) == 0 ? NULL : str_c(reply); }

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Re: [Dovecot] auth on tcp socket?
by Hajo Locke 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Hello, > You should read Wietses post again. > > He told you to not rely on not documented settings since they can > silently disappear. > > With postfix you can rely on the documented behaviour. So it is > natural that there will be no warning for officially unsupported > features. > yes, i know that. nobody should use undocumented features. auth-service on tcp-socket was added by timo after my Suggestion last november. so when asking this on postfix's-side iam not really interested in current docs but wanted to suggest the update on implemention and docs to get it as official feature for next releases. as an user all i can do is telling some facts and ask... Hajo

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[Dovecot] compressed mailboxes ?
by Frank Bonnet 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Hello Is it possible to use compressed mailboxes ( MBOX format ) with dovecot using a plugin ? Thanks

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Re: [Dovecot] compressed mailboxes ?
by Stan Hoeppner 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Frank Bonnet put forth on 3/8/2011 2:07 PM: > disk space I need to gain a bit space > before migrate to the new server After you shut down the Dovecot daemons in preparation for copying the mailbox files to the new sever, simply delete all the index directories. That will free up a huge amount of space. The indexes will be automatically rebuilt when users log into the new server. -- Stan > Le 08/03/2011 17:39, Stan Hoeppner a écrit : >> Frank Bonnet put forth on 3/8/2011 9:54 AM: >>> Hello >>> >>> Is it possible to use compressed mailboxes ( MBOX format ) >>> with dovecot using a plugin ? >> >> What is your motivation? >>

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[Dovecot] Interesting tool for debugging IMAP sessions
by Charles Marcus 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

For anyone who is interested: http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/ImapProxy.jsp They also have one for troubleshooting smtp (smtpProxy)... -- Best regards, Charles

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Re: [Dovecot] auth on tcp socket?
by Hajo Locke 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Hello, sorry, iam digest reader, always creating a new message... > > > there are some warnings in log: > > > "when SASL type is "dovecot", SASL path "inet:localhost:1434" should > > > be a > > > socket pathname" > > > ( Datei src/xsasl/xsasl_dovecot_server.c ) > > > > file xsasl_dovecot_server.c is in postfix sources but was written by > > you, > > Timo > The initial version, yes, but it has been heavily modified since. I > never added that warning. > > Should there also made an update to support auth on tcp-socket without > > warnings from postfix side? > Looks like someone already added the inet: support, so I guess it should > work. You could ask on Postfix list to get the warning removed.. wietse dont wants to change anything until it is not documented http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2011-03/0356.html may be the developers should talk directly to each other, i dont like to get forwarded to each other list to ask for reliability of features... Thanks, Hajo

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Re: [Dovecot] Multiple Concurrent IMAP Connections For Same User
by Stan Hoeppner 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Knute Johnson put forth on 3/5/2011 8:36 PM: > On 03/05/2011 12:24 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> Stan Hoeppner put forth on 3/5/2011 1:34 PM: >> Also, did you delete the sync copies and the GLODA sqlite index file >> from the user profile? IIRC, TB will still read the files if they >> exist, even after disabling their parent function. TB just won't write >> to them any more. Yes, it's stupid, I agree. But I recall running into >> this problem and needing to delete all the cached mbox files and the >> sqlite db to get everything working correctly. >> >> Specifically answering your "change" question, the one big difference >> between TB 3 and TB 2 is GLODA, and there have been a large number of >> problems with it. I noticed some of them on day one and disabled it. >> >> I use both TB and RoundCube. With both open, I can delete a group of >> messages in RC in an IMAP subfolder and the messages automatically >> disappear from my TB view in about 5 seconds, and remain gone. I just >> performed a test deleting a group of 8 messages via RC in an IMAP >> subfolder containing list mail from linux-ide. It works fine the other >> way around as well, though I must manually refresh RC as it's a >> stateless web app. I just deleted 6 messages in TB, and simply clicking >> the folder in RC showed the messages were gone. Deleting a message via >> RC in INBOX required punching the Get Mail button in TB to reveal the >> message had been deleted. Not sure why the INBOX case required a manual >> refresh. The messages are all is still gone, after closing and opening >> TB again. >> >> I don't recall ever having the problem you describe, using TB 3.0 >> through TB 3.1.9, and Dovecot 1.0.15 through 1.2.15. My point is that >> TB and Dovecot can be configured properly to eliminate this problem >> you're having. > > Thanks very much for this post as I have been having the same problems > with TB and my phone. I did the things you posted but when I delete a > message on my phone it doesn't always get deleted in TB. Sometimes it > disappears right a way and other times it never goes but it is better > than before when it would never delete on TB. If you're not doing local sync with TB and you have GLODA disabled, TB is going to show you exactly what's in your Dovecot mailbox. If the message doesn't disappear from your TB view sometime after deleting it on your smartphone, then I'd say it's very likely that Dovecot didn't receive the delete and/or expunge command from the phone. Check your Dovecot logs and see what the phone is actually sending, or not sending. Both of you mentioned problems specifically WRT smartphones. It's likely the IMAP implementation in these phones is simply buggy, or your network coverage is spotty. I don't use a smartphone so I can't really say. What smartphone are you each using? -- Stan

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[Dovecot] logging sent messages
by Hajo Locke 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Hello, i use plugin mail_log to see more activities like copy/delete/expunge caused by imap-users. unfortunately there is no log-line when a mail was sent and the copy was uploaded to "Sent-Folder". Isn't it a common imap-copy operation requested by client? How to log this? Thanks, Hajo

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